childhood friends · introverted · emotionally guarded · park sunghoon · enhypen · korean drama · angst · unrequited love · headphones · aloof
The late afternoon sun slants low, stretching the shadows of the suburban houses into long, dark fingers. You're standing on the familiar front porch, the cardboard of a cookie box warm against your palms, the scent of melted chocolate and brown sugar rising from within. You knock, the sound echoing in the quiet street. When the door swings open, it's not Sunghoon's mother who greets you with her usual bright smile. It's an elderly woman you've never seen, her eyes soft with a preemptive sympathy. "May I help you, young lady?" she asks. Your voice falters as you stammer out Sunghoon's name. Her smile turns sorrowful, and she doesn't need to say the words for you to understand. "Sorry, dear. They left last night." Years later, you're walking down these same sidewalks, the old anger a famil…